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Soupy Sales (born Milton Supman on January 8, 1926) is an American comedian and actor. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Franklinton is a town in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. ...
January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ...
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Soupy got his unusual nickname from his family. His older brothers had been nicknamed "Hambone" and "Chicken Bone"; young Milton was dubbed "Soup Bone," which was later shortened to "Soupy." When he became a disc jockey, he began using the stage name "Soupy Hines." After he became established, it was decided that "Hines" sounded too close to Heinz, a company who make a range of soups, and so Soupy chose the surname "Sales" after comedian Chic Sale. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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Biography Supman was born in Franklinton, North Carolina to Sadie and Irving Supman (1890-?). [1] Irving had emigrated from Hungary in 1895, and was working as a drygoods merchant. Milton had two siblings, Leonard Supman (1918- ) and Inice Supman (1921- ). [2] Milton is a graduate of Huntington High School in Huntington, West Virginia and Marshall University. While attending college, he also performed in nightclubs as a comedian, singer and dancer. Franklinton is a town in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. ...
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Soupy's college career was interrupted by World War II. He joined the United States Navy and served on the USS Randall (APA-224) in the South Pacific. He entertained his shipmates by telling jokes and playing crazy characters over the ship's public address system. One of the characters he created was "White Fang", a large dog that played outrageous practical jokes on the seamen. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
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When the war ended, he returned to Marshall University where he earned a Masters Degree in Journalism. After graduation, he began a career as a script writer and then disc jockey at radio station WHTN in Huntington. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ...
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Soupy moved to Cincinnati in 1949, where he worked as a morning radio DJ and performed in nightclubs. While in Cincinnati, he began his television career on WKRC TV with Soupy's Soda Shop (TV's first teen dance program) and Club Nothing!, a late-night comedy/variety program. Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ...
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When the WKRC owners cancelled his TV shows, Soupy moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he hosted another radio and TV series (and continued doing his nightclub act). It was in a skit on his late night Comedy/Variety TV series Soupy's On! that he got his first pie in the face. Once again, his show was cancelled and Soupy moved to Detroit in 1953, and went to work for local ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV. WXYZ-TV, channel 7, is the ABC affiliated television station in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company and is Scripps largest TV station. ...
Lunch with Soupy Sales Sales is best known for his long-running daily noontime children's television show. The show was originally called 12 O'clock Comics and was later also known as The Soupy Sales Show. Improvised and slapstick in nature, Lunch with Soupy Sales was a rapid-fire stream of sketches, gags, and puns. Almost all resulted in Soupy receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. Childrens television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ...
Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated physical violence. ...
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A pun (also known as paronomasia) is a figure of speech, or word play which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words within a phrase or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. ...
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Soupy developed pie-throwing into an art form — straight to the face, on top of the head, a pie to both ears from behind, moving into a stationary pie and countless other variations. By some estimates, Soupy has been hit by over 25,000 pies.
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Characters on the show Clyde Adler, a film editor at Detroit's WXYZ-TV, performed in sketches and voiced and operated all puppets on Sales' show during the Detroit run in the 1950s, and in Los Angeles in 1959-62 and 1978. Actor Frank Nastasi assumed the role of straight man/puppeteer when Sales took the show to New York from 1964-66. Frank Nastasi (1923-June 15, 2004) was an actor and comedian best known for his work with Soupy Sales on the show Lunch with Soupy. ...
Appearing on the show were the puppets: A puppet is a representational object, usually but not always depicting a human character, used in play or a presentation. ...
- White Fang, "The Biggest and Meanest Dog in the USA", who appeared only as a giant white shaggy paw with black triangular felt "claws" jutting out from the corner of the screen. Fang spoke with unintelligible short grunts and growls, which Soupy repeated back in English, often for comic effect.
- Black Tooth, "The Biggest and Sweetest Dog in the USA". Also seen only as a giant black paw, and with more feminine, but similarly unintelligible dialogue.
- Hippie the Hippo, who never spoke at all.
- Pookie the Lion, a 1950s hipster with a rapier wit. His repartee with Soupy was rapid-fire. For example: Soupy: "Do you know why my life is so miserable?" Pookie: "You got me!" Soupy: "That's why!"
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- Peaches, Soupy's girlfriend, played by Sales in drag.
- Philo Kvetch, a private detective played by Sales in a long-running comedy skit during the show's New York run (a parody of early 20th century fictional detective Philo Vance).
- The Mask, evil nemesis of Philo Kvetch, revealed in the last episode to be Nikita Khrushchev, who had been deposed about a year earlier.
- "Onions" Oregano, henchman of The Mask, played by Frank Nastasi, who ate loads of onions. Every time Oregano would breathe in Philo's direction, Philo would make all sorts of comic choking faces, pull out a can of air freshener, say "Get those onions out of here!", etc.
- Hobart and Reba, husband and wife who lived in the potbelly stove on set. They are never seen on screen, only their voices heard coming from the stove, saying things like, “Show me a cow dressed in rags, and I will show you a bum steer” and Hobart saying, “Cool it Reba”
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Philo Vance was a fictional American detective created by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s who appeared in 12 novels. ...
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: , Nikita SergeeviÄ ChruÅ¡Äiov; IPA: , in English, , or , occasionally ); surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov[1]; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1894[2]–September 11, 1971) was the chief director of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ...
History of the show
 A children's hand puppet featuring the likeness of Sales The show originated in 1953 from the studios of WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan. Beginning in October 1959, it was telecast nationally on the ABC television network. In 1960, Soupy moved to The KABC TV Studios in Los Angeles, California. ABC dropped the show from the network schedule in March 1961, but it continued as a local program until January of 1962. The show briefly went back on the ABC network as a late night fill-in for the Steve Allen Show, but was once again cancelled after three months. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 469 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1328 × 1696 pixel, file size: 259 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Self-made photo of a Soupy Sales puppet taken on September 24, 2006. ...
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Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American musician, comedian and writer instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ...
In 1964, Soupy found a new weekday home at WNEW-TV in New York City. This version was seen locally and syndicated by Screen Gems to local stations outside the New York market. By some measures, this show marked the height of Sales' popularity. It featured a number of guest appearances by stars like Frank Sinatra. Sales' hit dance record, "The Mouse", is from this period of his career, as well. Soupy performed "The Mouse" on the Ed Sullivan Show in September 1965. In fact, he appeared on the show several times, once with the Beatles. This was also the period during which Sales starred in the movie comedy, Birds Do It. WNYW, FOX5 is the flagship TV station of the Fox Broadcasting Company. ...
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Birds Do It is a 1966 comedy movie that was made by Columbia Pictures and stars Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur OConnell, Edward Andrews and Beverly Adams. ...
"The New Soupy Sales Show" appeared in 1978 with the same format and ran for one season.
Sales later had a radio show for several years on WNBC radio in New York; at the same time Howard Stern had an afternoon show on that station. They did not get along; Soupy often complained of the mess Stern left the studio (After Howard moved to mornings), and there was a well-known incident of Stern cutting the wires in Soupy's in-studio piano at 4:05 p.m. on May 1, 1985. Soupy was taken off the air in the middle of his show. He began to complain to the audience that his contract had not been renewed, and his sidekick Ray D'ariano had been given the time slot. He urged listeners to complain to the station. When the show went to commercial, Soupy was replaced by the station's program director who played music for the rest of the show. Soupy did not return. WNBC, channel 4, is the flagship station of the NBC television network, located in New York City. ...
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New Year's Day incident
 Soupy Sales on the set of his show On New Year's Day 1965, Soupy, miffed at having to work on the holiday, ended his live broadcast by encouraging his young viewers to tiptoe into their still-sleeping parents' bedrooms and remove those "funny green pieces of paper" from their pants and pocketbooks. "Put them in an envelope and mail them to me," Soupy instructed the children. "And you know what I'm going to send you? A post card from Puerto Rico!" (followed by his getting hit with a pie) In his 2001 autobiography Soupy Sez! My Life and Zany Times, Soupy admits it is true. He was suspended by the station for two weeks for encouraging children to steal.[3] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 452 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (559 × 741 pixel, file size: 32 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Publicity photo of Soupy Sales in mid-leap This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work...
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Claims that Sales told dirty jokes on the air For some unexplained reason, the show became a hit not only with children but also with college students. Urban legend has it that this was because Sales sneaked dirty jokes onto his show for their amusement. Sales vehemently denies that and states in his autobiography: An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ...
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- ... About those myths, there were all these other things I was supposed to have said, like, "What begins with 'F' and ends with 'UCK' ... a firetruck," or, "I took my wife to the ball game and kissed her on the strikes and she kissed me on the balls," or, "My wife is a great cook, she makes great pies—I eat her cherry and she eats my banana." And people would swear that I said it! Now, you know that in those days you couldn't say nuthin' (like that on television).
- I got so annoyed at these stories that I used to have a standing offer of ten thousand dollars cash to anyone who could prove that I said any of the things that people claim I've said. Look, at every TV station, whether you know it or not, there's a little spool in the master machine in engineering that records everything that's said, everything that goes on. And believe me, if I said half the things I'm supposed to have said, they would be on some blooper record making the rounds.
- After many years, I think I finally figured out how these ridiculous stories got started. Kids would come home and they'd tell a dirty joke, you know, grade school humor, and the parents would say, "Where'd you hear that?" And they'd say "The Soupy Sales Show," because I happened to have the biggest show in town. And they'd call another person and say, "Gladys—did you hear the joke that Soupy Sales was telling on his show?" and the word of mouth goes on and on, until people start to believe you actually said things like that.[3]
These stories may have been started by the off-screen pranks that Soupy's studio crew liked to play on him. They frequently did things to make Soupy break up during the live broadcasts. Reportedly, these pranks included notes with dirty jokes left where Soupy would see them during the show.
Topless dancer prank on Sales The show's set included a door in the background. At one point in the show there would be a knock at the door, and Soupy would answer it. He never knew in advance who would be there. Normally, the guest would be a fairly major celebrity.
One time during the Los Angeles years, as Sales was ending the show, when he opened the door he saw a topless dancer gyrating with a balloon. Viewers saw only the balloon, although a second, non-broadcasting camera captured the uncensored version, and Sales was forced to try to keep the show going without revealing the risque events backstage. This event, in censored and uncensored variations, has been featured on many blooper compilations. Balloons, like greeting cards or flowers, are given for special occasions. ...
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Actually, this was the second time Soupy's studio crew pulled this prank on him. The first time occurred while the show was being broadcast live from Detroit. Some reports say the gag was furthered by the crew switching the studio monitors, so Soupy would think the stripper image was going out over the air. Unfortunately, this show was not recorded, so one has to imagine Soupy's reaction the first time this prank was played on him.
Game shows From 1968 to 1975 Sales was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of What's My Line?. He generally was the first panelist introduced and occupied the chair at the far left side of the panel (facing the camera). Whats My Line? was a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ...
Sales was also a panelist on the short-lived 1980 revival of To Tell the Truth. Other notable game show appearances include over a dozen episodes of the original "Match Game" from 1966 to 1969, a weeks worth of shows on the 1970s edition of Match Game, a few guest spots on Hollywood Squares (Dec. 12, 1977 & April 4, 1978) and a recurring role in all of the many different dollar amount versions of The $10,000 Pyramid from 1973 to 1991. Nipsey Russell, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen and Kitty Carlisle from the 1969-78 version. ...
The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ...
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Pyramid is an American television game show where contestants tried to guess a series of words or phrases, based on descriptions that were given to them, in the shortest amount of time. ...
In 1977, Soupy was the host of "Junior Almost Anything Goes", ABC's Saturday Morning version of their popular team-based physical stunt program.
His sons' activities Soupy's sons, musicians Hunt and Tony Sales, played bass and drums in the band Tin Machine with David Bowie, as well as playing on the albums Runt by Todd Rundgren and Lust For Life by Iggy Pop. Both sons had a band together in Detroit while their father was still in TV there. The band, Tony and the Tigers, had a local hit with the song Turn it On Girl. Tony and the Tigers also appeared on the TV show Hullabaloo in 1966. Hunt Sales created the percussion riff for "Lust for Life" that has been used in numerous commercials. Hunt Sales is a rock and roll drummer who has played with Todd Rundgren, his brother Tony Sales, Iggy Pop and David Bowie. ...
Tony Sales is a rock and roll bass guitarist who, with his brother Hunt Sales, has played with Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin Machine. ...
Tin Machine was a band, formed in 1989 and fronted by David Bowie. ...
David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ...
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA), is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. ...
Lust for Life is a 1977 album by Iggy Pop, his second collaboration with David Bowie following The Idiot, released earlier in the year. ...
James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ...
hullabaloo is an English noun meaning an uproar or fuss. ...
Legacy Soupy Sales was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 7, 2005, a day before his 79th birthday. Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...
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References is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...
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Franklinton is a town in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. ...
1930 US Census The Fifteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 123,202,624, an increase of 16. ...
Further reading - Kiska, Tim From Soupy to Nuts!: A History of Detroit Television (Momentum Books, 2005) ISBN 1-879094-70-3 ISBN 978-1-879094-70-3
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